Results 34,061-34,080 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It would be a small, concrete illustration of the Government's genuine commitment to reform that we could vote on amendments tabled on the Social Welfare Bill. That is included in the reforms I submitted.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do. I will give the Minister of State a suggestion.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Before I conclude, I will give one concrete suggestion. The Government should make it clear that a set number of amendments tabled by the Opposition to the Social Welfare Bill will be voted on next week.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government do this?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am asking about reform. That would be a very simple reform. I know what the Government wants to do. It wants one vote on the Social Welfare Bill next week.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government does not want a vote on household benefits next week. It does not want what it did to young people to be voted on next week.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is why the Government is ramming it through. I ask the Tánaiste to reflect on the matter. Before he comes to the House next Tuesday, I respectfully suggest he change the proposition that he put to the Whips on how the Social Welfare Bill is to be treated next week because it flies in the face of everything he has said this morning. It is hypocritical.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: These Standing Orders are a facade. What is happening today is a disgrace. The Government stated it wanted real reform and would seek discussion with Opposition leaders. The Taoiseach promised there would be discussion, but none has taken place.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It did not.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It did not take place. These Standing Orders were published without consultation with any party leader, in spite of what the Taoiseach had promised. He did say one thing, namely, that he would talk to us before he made it a fait accompli.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: He said it in the Dáil during questions to the Taoiseach.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Where is the reference to the pre-legislative stage in the case of the Social Welfare Bill? The Government came into the Chamber with great rhetoric, but what is happening next week?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am asking the authority. The Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe, should not reply. I apologise; I understand he is carrying out orders, but I asked a question. There is a lot of guff about having a pre-legislative stage and consultation, but on what is to happen next week - wait for it - there is a proposition before the Whips that we ram through and guillotine the debate on the Social...
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is that your yardstick?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Emmet Stagg's party promised a democratic revolution. There is no need for that behaviour next week, no need to guillotine the debate on the Social Welfare Bill. As it will not take effect until next year, there should be plenty of time for a pre-legislative phase. However, the Government will not entertain this because there are too many difficult issues to be dealt with. It wants...
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have. I gave the Minister of State a document proposing 90 reforms.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, it was published last July. Has the Minister of State read it?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Has the Minister of State read it?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I made the suggestions and gave them to the Minister of State. There was no need to rush and ram through these proposals today.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Why does the Minister of State choose to do that? Why did he come up with this idea? Last week he said we would do this in 20 minutes - that is all he was prepared to allow for this debate.